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19th-century hospital, cemetery found underwater off Florida Keys

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19th-century hospital, cemetery found underwater off Florida Keys

By Olivia Land
May 3, 2023

Archaeologists have found the remains of a 19th-century hospital and cemetery underwater off the coast of the Florida Keys, officials shared this week.

The wreckage of a small quarantine hospital and the surrounding graves were found on a submerged island off Dry Tortugas National Park on Garden Key, the National Park Service announced on Monday.

The hospital was used to treat yellow fever patients at nearby Fort Jefferson between 1890 and 1900, the agency said.

The cemetery is believed to be the Fort Jefferson Post Cemetery, where historical records indicate that dozens of US soldiers may have been buried.

So far, only one headstone belonging to laborer John Greer, who died in Nov. 1861, has been positively identified. One image included with the NPS statement shows University of Miami graduate student Devon Fogarty examining the large greywacke slab.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/05/03/19th-century-hospital-cemetery-found-off-florida-keys/

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